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6 months of 2025 completed, so here's a photo dump of what it's looked like for me, including many achievements that I'm...
05/07/2025

6 months of 2025 completed, so here's a photo dump of what it's looked like for me, including many achievements that I'm very, very proud of 💐🥰

Today is rare disease day. So let's take a moment to talk about dementia in children and younger adults.
28/02/2025

Today is rare disease day. So let's take a moment to talk about dementia in children and younger adults.

🌟 I've been very MIA for a while now - the PhD life is intense and VERY busy. But I wanted to share and celebrate my mos...
08/10/2024

🌟 I've been very MIA for a while now - the PhD life is intense and VERY busy. But I wanted to share and celebrate my most recent achievement because I'm aware of how important it is to do that. I won the Best Poster Award at the last Conference I attended! 🏅🥰

This was a particularly big achievement for me as it was an effort to even push myself to attend. My anxiety was so bad that I had considered not going. One of the keynote speakers at the conference really resonated with me, as it was about imposter phenomenon within the world of Academia. I'm sure most of us (inside and outside of Academia), have experienced imposter phenomenon creeping up on us, making us question our abilities and skills, and making us feel like a fraud. Also, making us question our achievements!

Throughout the PhD it has been easy to feel like I don’t belong, especially in a sea of brilliant minds. But I’m learning to embrace my journey, celebrate my progress, and recognize that these feelings are all part of growth.

Mild Cognitive Impairment is a condition in which someone experiences minor difficulties with their cognition (e.g. memo...
05/05/2024

Mild Cognitive Impairment is a condition in which someone experiences minor difficulties with their cognition (e.g. memory, attention, etc.).

~ MCI can be an early sign of a disease that will eventually cause dementia with deterioration, when the MCI is caused by an underlying progressive disease of the brain such as Alzheimer’s Disease.

~ However, MCI is not dementia and there can be many causes such as infections, excessive alcohol use, sleep disorders and vitamin or thyroid deficiencies.

~ In some cases, symptoms of MCI may stay the same or even improve over time.

~ An estimated 10 to 20% of people aged 65 or older with MCI develop dementia within a one-year period.



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Here is an introduction to understanding dementia – a syndrome encompassing a group of neurodegenerative conditions whic...
28/04/2024

Here is an introduction to understanding dementia – a syndrome encompassing a group of neurodegenerative conditions which cause progressive loss of neurons, thereby impacting cognitive functioning. You may also be asking the question of what is cognition? Cognition is also an umbrella term, which encompasses a range of mental processes including, perception, memory, thinking, emotional recognition, language, learning, attention, executive functioning, and reasoning.

Throughout this post I highlight:

1. Types and causes of dementia (you may know that Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common type, followed by Vascular Dementia Dementia)

2. How dementia impacts someone (the experience of dementia varies so much from one individual to another)

3. Prevalence of dementia

4. Risk factors of dementia

Useful further reading:

~ Alzheimer’s Society Website

~ Alzheimer Scotland Website (particularly for information around ‘Stress and Distress’)

~ Alzheimer’s Research UK Website

~ National Institute for Health and Care Excellence > Dementia: How common is it?

~ Work Health Organisation > Dementia

~ DeTure. M. A., & Dickson, D. W. (2019). The neuropathological diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Molecular Neurodegeneration, 14(32), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13024-019-0333-5

~ Morra, L. F., & Donovick, P. J. (2014). Clinical presentation and differential diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies: a review. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 29(6), 569-576. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.4039

~ Tsai, P., Teng, E., Liu, C., & Mendez, M. F. (2011). Posterior Cortical Atrophy: Evidence for Discrete Syndromes of Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease & Other Dementias, 26(5), 413-418. https://doi.org/10.1177/1533317511418955

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Dementia is most widely known in the context of older adults. However, it is also possible for someone under the age of ...
21/05/2023

Dementia is most widely known in the context of older adults. However, it is also possible for someone under the age of 65 to develop dementia. This is known as early-onset (or young-onset) dementia.

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Dementia is an umbrella term used for a group of progressive neurodegenerative conditions including Alzheimer's Disease,...
15/05/2023

Dementia is an umbrella term used for a group of progressive neurodegenerative conditions including Alzheimer's Disease, Vascular Dementia, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Frontotemporal Dementia, and more.

Dementia is characterised by cognitive decline, with deficits in multiple domains including memory, communication/language, visuospatial functioning and executive functioning. People can also experience numerous behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). BPSDs may include low mood, anxiety, agitation, apathy, poor sleep, compulsive and repetitive behaviours, hallucinations, delusions, and sexual inhibitions. Additionally, people can experience changes in personality, mobility and balance.

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Our 'small wins' make a really big difference, particularly on bad mental health days. It's important to celebrate these...
20/02/2023

Our 'small wins' make a really big difference, particularly on bad mental health days. It's important to celebrate these and recognise that you don't need to 'do it all'. Celebrate the small things that you have managed to achieve like listening to your needs; validating your feelings; showing yourself compassion; staying hydrated and even just getting out of bed.

💭What are some other 'Little Big Wins' that you would like to share? Share them in the comments below!

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This exercise helps you to find a place where you feel safe, calm, relaxed, and/or comfortable. This place can be anywhe...
24/08/2022

This exercise helps you to find a place where you feel safe, calm, relaxed, and/or comfortable. This place can be anywhere, can include anyone (e.g. pets) and can be imaginary or even based on a real place. If you do choose a real place be mindful of choosing somewhere that is not related to/associated with negative or difficult emotions and thoughts.

If an image doesn't come to you straight away, that's okay. It might take a little time and practise! It might be helpful to even note down things that you would like in your safe place.

Try taking around 10/15 minutes to have a go at this 'sage place' exercise. Afterwards, you might want to take a moment to reflect on how you feel.

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We often tend to put ourselves last and think about others around us. Self care is a priority! And so it is important to...
10/08/2022

We often tend to put ourselves last and think about others around us. Self care is a priority! And so it is important to give ourselves the same time, the same care, the same energy and the same effort, that we give to others.

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When supporting family and friends (or anyone else) with difficult experiences, mental health difficulties, times when t...
07/08/2022

When supporting family and friends (or anyone else) with difficult experiences, mental health difficulties, times when they are feeling anxious or down, etc., we want to try our best to make them feel better. Even with our best intentions at heart, the things most commonly said when supporting someone can actually be invalidating of their experience, emotions, thoughts and feelings. These are just a few examples!

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Allow yourself and give yourself permission...♡ to put yourself and your wellbeing first♡ to say no♡ to say yes because ...
31/07/2022

Allow yourself and give yourself permission...
♡ to put yourself and your wellbeing first
♡ to say no
♡ to say yes because YOU want to
♡ to relax and reset
♡ to pause
♡ to take a step back from toxic people
♡ to take time alone
♡ to be imperfect and enough
♡ to create goals and dreams
♡ to make mistakes
♡ to lean on someone when struggling
♡ to forgive yourself
♡ to have fun
♡ to BE HUMAN .. without feeling guilty.
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This list could go on and on!
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You may find at times that this is hard to do. You may feel guilty for allowing yourself the opportunity to do these. But it is important that we take the time to care for our health and wellbeing, without feeling guilty for doing so.
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With the permission in doing what suits YOU best, also comes acceptance. An acceptance that you are struggling. An acceptance that you need these things to cope best. An acceptance with you being you.
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NEVER FEEL GUILTY FOR DOING WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU!
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